He wore it for a variety of reasons-because it helped to ward offprowling females, because it was habitual, because every time he lookedat it he still felt the sting of grief and guilt. The line from the note came back to her. Megan sipped her cider and glanced at the man who had joined them. Those memories of her ownchildhood swirled like oil I on water down in the pit of her soul.
Even moresymbolical was the custom upon lovers' parting of tying to thewoman's undergarment a string from the man's; this knot was to beunloosed only when they met again. The bathroom was partitioned off by a pair of mismatched curtainshanging from a wire. What is this world coming to? If we knew that, Megan murmured, maybe we could stop it before it gotthere. I'm doing the best I can.
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